Late-night Crash Kills Man In Cc

July 05, 1995|By PATTI ROSENBERG Daily Press

CHARLES CITY (COUNTY) — A Henrico County resident was killed in a single-car accident late Sunday on Route 5 in Charles City County.

Raymond L. Wyatt, 36, drove his car off the right side of the road, over-corrected, ran off the left side and struck a fence and a tree, said State Police Sgt. M. Lewis. Wyatt was not wearing a seat belt, Lewis said.

The accident happened just east of the intersection with Route 640. Wyatt had dropped off a friend in Charles City and was driving home in his 1969 Pontiac, his mother said. He apparently came around a curve and lost control.

Wyatt was born and reared in Charles City, where his parents, Edith and Raymond A. Wyatt, live. They last saw their son Friday. "He was happy and everything, full of life," his mother said.

Wyatt was a truck driver for Estes Express in Richmond, his family said. In addition to his parents, he left behind three brothers, a sister and three sons, ages 11, 13 and 14, his family said.

Wyatt's funeral will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Friday at New Vine Baptist Church in Charles City County.